hmmm, that raised another error:
Starting postgres: stdin: is not a tty
any ideas on that one?
what is a tty anyway?
sure appreciate your help.
-----Original Message-----
From: Terry Mackintosh <terry@terrym.com>
To: Vance Greenway <vance@ricochet.net>
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgreSQL.org <pgsql-admin@postgreSQL.org>
Date: Saturday, January 09, 1999 5:56 PM
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] my postgres.init file
>Hi Vance
>
>On Sat, 9 Jan 1999, Vance Greenway wrote:
>
>> when i execute my posgres.init file, it asks for a password per the su
>> command that is in it, but does not pause for a password to be entered
>> and consequently cannot launch the postmaster. is there an obvious fix,
>> or even an obscure one to help this newbie out?
>
>That file is ment to be run at boot time, that is, to be run as root.
>Are you trying to run it as other then root or postgres?
>
>Have a great night, home that helps
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